Monthly Archives: February 2012

This is the X-Men (Colossus, Gambit, Rogue, Storm, Beast, Professor Xavier, Cyclops, Jean Grey, Wolverine, Psylocke, Iceman, and Archangel); the pattern is from weelittlestitches at Etsy. My sister asked me to do this for one of her friends; she provided the materials and the pattern. It is on platinum aida (14-count). I mostly followed the pattern’s colors; I did use blending filament (Kreinik 032, pearl) on Iceman and on Storm’s hair. This was the first time I’ve used blending filament and it was not as bad to work with as I thought it would be. On the other hand, the DMC Light Effects thread used in Colossus was obnoxious to work with.

I didn’t sew much in January for various reasons. I did work a little on the orchids; I’ve just got the gold background and the backstitching left to do. The gold is tedious, but the gold thread is not as annoying as I expected it to be.